The 2025 NBA Playoffs continue on Thursday with a trio of games moving to new sites with Game 3 action and the lower seeds now playing in front of their home crowd. A shift in home court can drastically change a team's performance, especially in the playoffs, and that should alter how daily Fantasy basketball players make NBA DFS picks as well. The Pistons and Clippers both stole road games, and their stars from the NBA DFS player pool like Cade Cunningham, James Harden and Kawhi Leonard will look to capitalize on returns home. Should you include any of these superstars in Thursday NBA DFS lineups, or should you bank on players like Karl-Anthony Towns and Nikola Jokic to bounce back after underperforming in their respective Game 2s?

Before setting your NBA DFS strategy on sites like DraftKings and FanDuel for Thursday, April 24, you need to see what Mike McClure has to say.

McClure is a DFS professional with over $2 million in career winnings. He's also a predictive data engineer at SportsLine who uses a powerful prediction model that simulates every minute of every game 10,000 times, taking factors like matchups, statistical trends and injuries into account.

This allows him to find the best NBA DFS values and create optimal lineups that he shares only at SportsLine. They're a must-see for any NBA DFS player. 

On Wednesday, McClure identified Heat power forward/center Bam Adebayo as one of his top NBA DFS picks on both sites. The result: Adebayo had a near triple-double with 11 points, 14 rebounds and nine assists, returning 45 points on DraftKings and 42.3 points on FanDuel. Anybody who included him in their lineups could have been well on the way to a profitable day!

For Thursday, one of McClure's top NBA DFS picks Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant, who is listed at $7,600 on DraftKings and $8,000 on FanDuel. Another part of McClure's optimal NBA DFS strategy includes Pistons center Jalen Duren ($6,300 on DraftKings and $6,800 on FanDuel). Duren had 12 points, 13 rebounds, two assists, a steal and three blocks in an all-around performance for NBA DFS lineups in Game 2. The Pistons return to Detroit for Game 3 and the 21-year-old averaged 12.6 points and 11.2 rebounds per game at home, both higher than his road averages this season.

McClure is also targeting a player who could go off for massive numbers on Thursday! This pick could be the difference between winning your tournaments and cash games or going home with nothing. You absolutely need to see who it is before locking in any lineups.

What are the top NBA DFS picks for Thursday? And which player is a must-roster? ... Join SportsLine now to see DFS pro Mike McClure's top picks, stacks, and player pools for FanDuel and DraftKings, and cash in BIG on NBA DFS!